On Mon, 21 May 2012 00:34:18 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote:

> On Sun, 20 May 2012 19:03:11 +0200, Tom wrote in message
> <CAOdo=Sx_u1QqE5G=kzv1kz5cw0zxarkwuadw6c6xsypzkzz...@mail.gmail.com>:
> 
>> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 8:30 PM, Arnt Karlsen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > On Sat, 19 May 2012 13:51:37 -0400, Tom wrote in message
>> > <CAOdo=Sy+8WL1a90H1rAqyhhBkmsG_3Pjw4t=e0icyevzucn...@mail.gmail.com>:
>> >>
>> >> Thanks but I didn't say that it didn't work with apt-get only that
>> >> aptitude seems to need "deb-src ..." entries.
>> >
>> > ..aye, it's because apt-get and aptitude does these things
>> > _differently_, and that's handy when a bug in one program makes you
>> > try a work-around using the other.
>> 
>> This thread is about aptitude and and two bugs that it seems to have
>> when using "...changelog...", not about apt-get. Do you suggest that
>> someone use vi when they have a problem with emacs? Or GNOME and KDE?
>> Or ...? You could've also suggested reading changelogs on
>> packages.debian.org as a workaround, it would nonetheless not have
>> helped with aptitude. Or even, suggested that he switch to Fedora
>> because "rpm -q --changelog ..." works.
> 
> ..in principle, yes, until the bug is fixed, that un-dramatic
> work-around is _precisely_ what's recommended by the aptitude bug fix
> team. ;o)

Would you mind to send the bug# for this "aptitude" issue? Thanks.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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